NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...
Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.
Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.
Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space ...
The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by a climate science heavyweight, former top NASA scientist ...
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...
For millions of years now, the Arabian and Eurasian plates have been colliding, which has pushed the oceanic plate downward into the Earth’s mantle. As the process continued, the descending ...
Earth Scientists Study Sikkim Flood in India to Help Others Prepare for Similar Disasters Jan. 30, 2025 — Experts from the global Earth science community ... populated the world's oceans for ...
Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth.